Garment-stretcher.



vPatented May 27, |902.

No. 70H42.

H. A. BROWN.

GARMENT STBETGHER.

(Application led Nov. 26. 1901.)

(No Model.)

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HENRY A. BROWN, OF MACON, GEORGIA.

GARMENT-STRETCH'ER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 701,142, dated May 27, 1902.`

Application filed November 26, 1901. Serial No. 83,739. (No model.)

To all whom zr'/ may concern.-

Be itknown that I, HENRY A. BROWN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Macon, in the county of Bibb aud State of Georgia, have made certain new anduseful Improvements in Trousers-Creasers, of which the following is a specification.

My invention is an improvelnent in devices for use in creasing trousers ,fand the invention consists in certain novel constructions and combinations of parts, as will behereinafter described and claimed.

In the drawings, Figure l is a perspective elevation of the device as in use. Fig. 2 is a detail side View of the roller. Fig. 3 is a detail longitudinal section, partly'broken away, of the device as in use. Fig. 4 is a detail face view of the intermediate flexible'sheet. Fig. 5 is a detail cross-section on about line 5 5 of Fig. 2.

By myinvention I provide a simple device which will be light, so it can be easily carried in a valise and will occupy but little room therein and can be brought into play for creasing trousers at the front and back whenever desired.A I seek to provide a construction which will eect this result without the use of irons, so the trousers can be creased overnight when it is desired to use them in the day orV can be creased at other times in a few hours, as may be desired.

In carrying out my invention I employ a roller A, around which the trousers may be rolled from the lower ends of the legs, and the said roller is preferably tapered toward the middle from both ends, its reduced diameter at the middle being preferred in order to provide room for the seams, which in rolling theV trousers will occupy considerable froom. I also prefer to provide on the roller spursv B in suitable number to engage with the trousers being rolled and prevent any slipping of same on the roller. It will be understood that it is only necessary for these supports to engage with the lower ends of the trousers, and ordinarily they may not be more than one-six,- teenth of an inch in length and will not operate to tear or injure the garment. C is attached to the roller A, preferably by means of a screw-eye D at one end ot' the roller, through which the cord is looped and then ticd at C', so its free ends C2 cau be passed A cordA around the roll and tied in the use of the dc- Vice, as shown in Fig. l.

In connection with the roller A, I prefer to :employ a flexible sheet E, which may be of cardboard, leather, imitation of leather, or

other suitable materialv and is preferably shaped, as shown in Fig. 4, with its end E narrower than its end E2 and sloping off on one side between the ends E. E2, as shown. Ordinarily I make this sheet twenty two inches long, thirteen inches wide at its nar row end, and fteen inches wide at its oppo; site end, and when made of cardboard it can be produced by cutting the stock size of paper,` which is twenty-two by twentyeight inches, in two pieces ofequal size.

In the use of the invention the trousers are folded in the usual way on a bed or table, preferably the latter, and may then be dampened with a sponge or rag along the front and rear edges where the crease is desired, the dampened portion extending throughout the leg portions of the trousers and slightly up 'the front of the trousers in order to produce the creasethe desired length. The trousers being now smoothed out full length may be rolled about one turn from their lower ends about the roller and the cardboard be applied with the small end shoved under the roller and extending beyond the trousers at both ends, after which the board or sheet E and the trousers can be rolled together on the roller as tightly as possible, care being taken to smooth out any wrinkles or folds that may appear in front of the roller from time to time, the rolling operation being continued until the trousers are rolled to the top, when the whole can be secured by the string attachlnent, as will be understood from Fig. 1, and so prevented from unrolling. The roll can now be left intact for several hours or overnight, if convenient, and when removed from the roll the trousers will be found to be nicely creased, as desired.

The invention avoids the inconvenience, delay, and vexpense of sending the trousers to a tailor and enables one when traveling to crease his trousers overnight.

The roll A may be made of wood or other suitable material and will occupy but small space in an ordinary Satchel.

It will bc noticed iu operation that the in-A termediate fiexible sheet forms a smooth and hard surface against which each convolution of the trousers may be pressed to secure the desired crease.

While it may be preferredin some instances to roll both vlegs of the pair of trousers together, as shown and before described, it may be desiredv in some instances to roll the legs separately on separate rollers; but I find it more convenient to roll both legs together, as shown in Figs. 1 and 3,

Having thus described myinvention, What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. A trousers-creaser, substantially as herein described, consisting of a roller tapered toward its middle and provided at such point with spurs, a cord attached 'to one end of said roller and having its free ends arranged to be tied around the material rolled on the roller, and the intermediate iexible sheet arranged to be Wound with the legs of trousers around the roller, substantially as set forth. 2. A trousers-creaser consisting of a roller and an intermediate iiexible sheet arranged and adapted for use substantially as set forth.

3. A trousers-creaser comprising a roller tapered toward its middle, an eye at one end t 

